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CHAPTER 5
Water and flooding
• AECB Water Standards, Vol. 2, Delivering buildings with excellent water and energy performance, 2009
• Boardman et al. (2005), 40% house, Environmental Change Institute
• BRE (2000), Good Building Guides GBG 42 Part 1 and 2 Reedbeds
• Building Regulations: Region 2, 4;( England & Wales) Region 1 (Scotland) and Region 3 (N. Ireland)
• Burkhard et al. (2000), Ecological Water and Wastewater Management for New Housing, Technical, Economic and Social Considerations
• CIRIA (2000), C522: Sustainable urban drainage systems – design manual for England and Wales; and The SUDS Manual – 2007 (CIRIA C697)
• Clarke et al. (2009), Quantifying the energy and carbon effects of water saving, full technical report, (EST/EA)
• Energy and Environment Programme, Environmental Change Unit (1997), 2 Mt Carbon Report, University of Oxford
• Environment Agency (2010), Harvesting rainwater for domestic uses: an information guide
• NHBC (2010), A simple guide to sustainable drainage systems for housing, 2010
• Parkes et al. (2010), Energy and carbon implications of rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling, Environment Agency
• Randall (2003), Sustainable Urban Design, An Environmental Approach, Spon
• The Water and Energy Implications of Bathing and Showering Behaviours and Technologies, April 2009
• www.environment-agency.gov.uk
• www.waterwise.org.uk
Flood risk can be checked for sea-level rises and impact on land here and at each region’s Environment Agency: England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Code for Sustainable Homes Water Calculator
Greywater harvesting/heatrecovery calculations - SAP.
Rainwater harvesting calculator
Code for Sustainable Homes Water Calculator
Greywater harvesting/heatrecovery calculations - SAP.
Rainwater harvesting calculator
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